Pre-activity for Lesson 3

These are practical observations and philosophy of everyday life that are written usually in rhyming scheme. It is obviously meant to entertain while teaching basic skills in surviving local life.

• Proverbs

• Riddles

• Folksongs

• Tales

These are like proverbs but with one main difference: they demand an answer and used to test the wits of those who are listening to them.

• Proverbs

• Epics

• Riddles

• Tales

These are beautiful songs that are informal expressions of our ancestors’ experiences in life. These range from courtship to lullabies, harvests, funerals, and others.

• Epics

• Awit

• Proverbs

• Folksongs

These are stories of origin for certain places, their names, and their creation. These are also known as myths and legends.

• Tales

• Corrido

• Proverbs

• Riddles

These are long-winded poems about a hero and his adventures and misadventures. It usually tells of a male hero who is born with all the pleasing qualities that your ancestors like in a person who also has superhuman capabilities.

• Epics

• Zarzuela

• Pasyon

• Tales

Select two (2) pieces of literature among these choices that originated during precolonial period in the Philippines.

• Proverbs

• Duplo or Karagatan

• Riddles

• Cenaculo

• Moro-moro

Select two (2) pieces of literature among these choices that originated during Spanish colonial period in the Philippines.

• Zarzuela

• Moro-moro

• Riddles

• Folksongs

• Tales